This event is not run by JB Consulting and Psychology, but only passing on the message.

Please pass this on to your clients, family and friends, particularly young people, and remember this is a free public event for all!

Featuring: imatter, Smiling Mind, Project Rockit

Calling the whole public! This year for National Psychology Week 2015, the APS Melbourne Branch will be hosting a free public seminar on the topic of the ‘Social Media and Smartphone Apps: Improving Mental Health in Young People’.

Brought to you by The Melbourne Branch (of APS) this forum features prsenters from several not-for-profit organisations to speak about how they have used social media and smartphone applications to improve the mental health and well-being of young people. The forum also includes the lived experience of a young person who has used these applications and social media strategies to combat their own mental health problems.

This event is open to all members of the public, particularly those interested in recent developments within social media and young people.

People who would benefit from attending are the young people who are most affected by this topic, parents, and mental health practitioners.

Who are our presenters?

PROJECT ROCKIT: PROJECT ROCKIT builds spaces where imagination, leadership, creative expression and acceptance are available to all young people, regardless of their social label, grades, gender, sexuality or cultural background.

PROJECT ROCKIT has now worked with hundreds of thousands of school students and presented at major national and international conferences as (cyber) bullying experts. In 2012, PROJECT ROCKIT launched an innovative online anti-bullying curriculum, which is an Australian first in the fight against (cyber) bullying.

Smiling Mind: Smiling Mind is modern meditation for young people. It is a unique web and App-based program, designed to help bring balance to young lives. It is a not-for-profit initiative based on a process that provides a sense of calm, clarity and contentment.

imatter: The free iMatter app has been developed by counselling service Doncare and launched with the support of Australian of the Year and domestic violence campaigner Rosie Batty.
The app helps women identify signs that a relationship is unhealthy, such as a partner acting overprotective, possessive and jealous, to empower them to leave these relationships before they become abusive. Recent research revealed that around one in five Australian women under the age of 20 has experienced domestic violence, and many young women misinterpret abusive behaviours, such as excessive jealousy and controlling tendencies, as signs of affection.